Achieving Balance and Resilience with Meditation with Jeff Patterson
In this podcast episode, Jeff Patterson shares his transformative journey from a young boxer to a meditation expert, emphasizing how meditation can significantly enhance both athletic and everyday performance. He discusses the deeper principles of meditation, including the concept of yielding, which involves physical, mental, and emotional adaptability. Jeff explains how regulating the body, breath, and mind can help integrate meditation into daily life, leading to greater balance and resilience. He encourages listeners to commit to meditation for at least a year to fully experience its life-changing benefits, offering resources to support their practice.
(02:26) Jeff shares his meditation journey.
(06:54) How meditation enhances performance and awareness.
(18:52) Explanation of physical and mental yielding.
(29:59) Importance of regulating body, breath.
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Jeff Patterson
Founder of The Yielding Warrior
Jeff Patterson has been practicing martial arts for the past 36 years and learned from highly skilled masters from seven countries. He’s achieved black belt equivalency in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Eskrima, Muay Thai, Kenpō, Tai Chi, and Qigong.
Jeff firmly believes in the meditative arts and their power to enhance overall life experiences. This has led him to study the historical, philosophical, and health aspects of meditative arts. It resulted in an important realization regarding the concept of yielding. Now his mission is to share his knowledge with you after witnessing the positive and profound impact he’s seen in thousands of his students.
Having authored three books, created two audio courses, and produced hundreds of videos on Tai Chi and Qigong, Jeff believes he can help you achieve your goals.